advancing the conservation and restoration of our planet’s terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems
Biosphere Restoration
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For thousands of years, human civilization has been altering and degrading natural ecosystems. Industrialization, human population growth, and the accelerated use of fossil fuels and natural resources has led to the severe and global alteration and degradation of natural ecosystems which has resulted in Climate Change, Global Warming, mass extinction, extreme and devastating weather events, famine, and climate-driven human migration.
In an effort to restore these natural ecosystems that provide valuable resources to our civilization, naturalists, farmers, gardeners, and scientists of diverse disciplines have developed many exceptional ecosystem restoration approaches.
It is the mission of BiosphereRestoration.org to educate people of all cultures, societies, and nations and give them the information and support needed to help them repair their natural ecosystems in their neighborhoods, cities, and homelands.
The global loss of glaciers is reducing the ability of the Earth to reflect sunlight back into space. More sunlight reaching the ground is causing are atmosphere to heat up fueling increased Global Warming. Researchers are currently investigating multiple approaches to reflect light back into space and sequester carbon through global forest, freshwater wetland, blue carbon, and watershed restoration.
In the last ten years, approximately 60% of the worlds corals reefs have been devasted by global mass bleaching events due to Climate Change and Global Warming. Coral reefs and other calcium carbonate producing organisms are also under threat by ocean acidification caused by the absorption of carbon dioxide into ocean waters.
Loss of global fisheries
Alteration of watersheds globally
Deforestation
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